Our 21 days of prayer and fasting together are complete, but don’t let your habit end here! Check out these ideas for what’s next.

As for other matters, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. – 2 Thessalonians 3:1 (NIV)

Pray that the message of the gospel would spread rapidly through our nation and around the world. And ask God to open the hearts and minds of those who hear it. Pray that they would respond in faith and that a wave of salvation would cover the earth. Pray specifically for those you know who are lost. Ask God to be merciful and bring them to saving faith in Jesus. Pray that we would see many come to faith in Jesus and be baptized this year.

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And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. – Ephesians 6:18-20 (NIV)

Pray that God would make us all fearless and faithful in sharing the gospel. Ask God for the words you need to help others understand the wonder of all he has done. Pray that we would see many come to faith in Jesus as we boldly declare the gospel in our communities. Pray for boldness for God’s people all over the world. Ask God to call many from NP Berean to go to the nations with the message of Jesus.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. – Colossians 4:2-6

Pray that we would be people who are alert and sensitive to the Spirit, making the most of every opportunity that we have. Ask God to open doors for the spread of the gospel. And pray that you would be faithful to share boldly the message of Christ. Pray that our high school and college students would be bold and fearless in sharing with their classmates and ask God to bring a wave of salvation to all the schools in Lincoln County.

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. – Psalm 90:12

Pray that we would remember that our time on earth is short. Ask God to help you live every moment for his purposes and his glory. Pray for wisdom to live for the eternal purposes of God. Pray that retirees and empty nesters would consider moving to be active at NP Berean, leveraging their lives for the sake of the gospel. Ask God to use the uncertainty of our times to make people receptive to spiritual conversations and pray that our members would be faithful in having gospel conversations with unbelievers.

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. – 2 Corinthians 9:6-8

Pray that we would give and sow generously. Ask God to give you a heart of joy in giving. Pray that he would increase your supply so that you can be more generous. Pray that as a church we would “abound in every good work.” Pray for our local missionary efforts and ask God to provide people and resources to bless our city. Ask God to send workers and supply resources for Berean churches all around the U.S. Pray that they would grow and prosper as they seek to bless their cities.

Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. – 1 Peter 4:9-11

Pray that God would lead us to be faithful stewards of all that he has entrusted to us. Ask God to show you how to use the grace and gifts he has given you to advance his kingdom and bring praise to Jesus. Pray for strength and joy to serve and love others. Pray that missionaries and church planters around the world would not grow weary in well-doing, but would faithfully serve the body of Christ and their communities.

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. – Ephesians 4:15-16

Pray that we would actively build each other up in love. Ask God to show you how you can encourage and spur others on to love and good works. Pray that we would grow to become the mature body of Christ at NP Berean. Ask God to use our Kids Connect and Sola ministries to equip parents and raise up a generation of fully devoted followers of Jesus.

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. – Romans 12:3-5

Pray that we would see ourselves as belonging to one another. Ask God to show you what your role and function is in the body of Christ. Pray that we would be a healthy body, each member humbly doing their part. Ask God to help each of us at NP Berean to guard our hearts against pride and self-serving. Pray that each ministry of our church would have an abundance of volunteers.

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. – Philippians 2:3-4

Ask God to give us humble hearts, seeking the welfare of others above our own welfare. Ask God to uncover any selfish ambition or vain conceit in you. Pray for alertness to the opportunities you have to actively look to the interests of others. Pray that we would be a church that faithfully engages our community and seeks the welfare of the city. Ask God to cultivate this kind of selfless love in the families of NP Berean.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. – 1 Peter 2:9

Pray that we would faithfully declare the gospel to all people. Ask God to fill your heart with wonder as you remember how he rescued you. Praise him today for rescuing you from darkness and bringing you into the light. Ask God today to give you an opportunity to share the good news with someone around you. And pray that he would give them faith to believe. Ask God to save your neighbors and coworkers, our children and college students.

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. – Romans 12:9-10

Pray that we would be devoted to loving one another. Ask God to show us how to serve each other and honor one another. Pray that God would show you where and how and to whom you can demonstrate his reconciling love. Pray that our Grow Groups would grow deeper in their commitment to care for each other and ask God to increase the number of small groups at NP Berean.

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” – John 17:20-21

Pray for unity in diversity among the body here at NP Berean. Ask God to give us a gospel-love that transcends all our differences. Pray that God would give you a heart of compassion for those who are unlike you and ask him to lead to actively bridge the divide. Ask God to increase our multiethnic diversity at NP Berean in 2024. And pray that we would be effective in reaching across racial divides to bring the gospel message of hope to everyone in our community.

Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. – Psalm 37:4

Pray that we would find our delight and joy in God. Ask him to satisfy us and teach us to be content in him. Pray that your heart would be drawn to him more than anything else. Pray that, at NP Berean, we would be passionate worshipers of God, demonstrating our delight in him by our service and our giving.

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:11-13

Pray that we would be people who seek God and his face more than any other thing. Ask God to stir us to pursue him in prayer and in his Word. Pray that he would teach you to seek the prosperity and blessing that comes from seeking and knowing him. Ask God to grow you in prayer this year, and pray that more people at NP Berean would commit themselves to seek God in prayer.

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. – Ephesians 1:17 (NIV)

Pray that we would be a people who grow in the knowledge and worship of God. Ask that we would walk in the fullness of the knowledge of God. Pray that God would lead you, by his Spirit, to know him better. Pray also that he would work through the discipleship ministries of NP Berean to grow men and women, boys and girls in their love and knowledge of God. Ask God for increased engagement in the ministries of NP Berean.

But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. – Colossians 1:22-23 (NIV)

Pray that we would be steadfast in faith, holding on to the hope of the gospel. Ask God to fill you with confidence, knowing that he who began a good work in you will be faithful to continue his work in you until the day of Christ. Pray that today God would give you an opportunity to give witness to the power of the gospel. Ask God to use NP Berean livestream to bring the life-changing message of the gospel to many in our area and around the world. Pray for growth and fruitfulness in this ministry to those unable to attend in-person gatherings.

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. … – Ephesians 1:18-19 (NIV)

Pray that we would be people who are filled with hope because of the gospel. Ask God to help you see beyond the moment to all that he has in store for you. Pray that he would work in power in your own life, freeing you to live for his glory. Ask God to make you ready to share the reason for your hope with neighbors and friends. Again, pray specifically (by name) that people in your circle will come to faith in Jesus this year.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved… – Ephesians 2:4-5

Pray that we would remember God’s great love poured out for us on the cross. Ask God to continually cause us to be amazed by his grace. Rejoice today that you have been saved by God’s grace and not by your own efforts. Pray (by name) for those around you who have yet to respond to the grace of God. Ask God to stir their hearts and draw them to himself. Pray that we would see a great harvest come to faith and be baptized in 2024.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” – John 15:5

Pray for effectiveness in making disciples. Ask God to cause us to be fruitful. Pray for a renewed commitment to being disciple-making disciples. Ask God to lead you in investing in the lives of others. Pray especially for our Kids Connect (children) and Sola (students) ministries. Ask God to redeem our children and raise them up to be his servants in the world. Pray that we would see people grow in their walks with Jesus through involvement in Grow Groups and serving.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” – Acts 1:8

Pray for the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit to be known among us, because without him, our efforts are useless. Pray for courage and boldness to serve as witnesses to the power of the gospel right here in Lincoln County. Pray for an increase in people from NPBC loving their neighbors and being eager to go to the nations. Ask God, in this season, to send many from our church to the nations, so that the good news is preached all across the world.

Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The LORD.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.” – Exodus 33:18-19

Pray that God would reveal himself and his glory as we seek him over the next 21 days. Ask him to speak to you as you read his Word. Pray for understanding and faith as you consider the character of your God. Pray that the people of God at NP Berean would be drawn to worship and adore him. Ask God to show you how you can encourage those around you to seek after him with all their hearts.

During the 21 days (Sunday, January 7 - Saturday, January 27), each day’s Scripture and related prayer points will appear here. To view other days, use the following calendar or download the full 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting guide (downloadable or printable version).